for our free usaa retirement guide, call 877-242-usaa. last saturday i attended the glaad media awards. mhp won for outstanding television journalism in the news magazine category. the biggest announcement of the night came from herndon grad okay. in the opening speech, he said glaad no longer stands for -- the glaad organization will stand up for transgender equity. joining me now at the table are two guests from the transgender community, mel wie more is a city council candidate from manhattan's upper west side and janet mock is a writer and activist and a big favorite among the nerdland staff who have been fan girling her for about two days. let's start by just asking, when glaad -- part of the -- to stand in for glaad here. when glaad says we're taking on transgender issues, what do they see that as? what are the primary questions facing communities? >> let's be clear about a few things. the number of murders and the violence taking place against trans-people around the world is disgusting and has to stop. and the images of trans-peop